Governor or chin-rest for horses



(No Model.)

0. S. B'AUM. GOVERNOR 0E CHIN BEST FOR HORSES. No. 591,726.

Patented Oct. 12, 1897 wi/bneom OTO-LITHQ. wasumc'mu o c UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES s. BAUM,=OF WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA.

GOVERNOR OR CHIN-REST FOR HORSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 591,726, dated October 12, 1897. Application filed January 27, 1897. Serial No. 620,915. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES S. BAUM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Williamsport, in the county of Lycoming and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Governors or Chin-Rests for Horses; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in devices for governing or controlling a horse while trotting, to give him a chin-rest, to permit a more perfect control over the animal by the driver, to prevent him breaking in trotting, and to hold his mouth closed, so that he will be compelled to breathe through his nostrils, and will not permit him to get his tongue over the bit.

lVith these and other objects in view my invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and combination of parts and in the various details thereof, as will be first fully pointed out in the specification and then claimed.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification and in which like symbols of reference represent corresponding parts in both views, Figure l is a perspective view of my improvement applied to a horse; and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the levers and nose-band, partly broken away to show the pivoted connection of the nose-band to the levers and the face-pieces secured to the nose-band.

A represents the levers of my improved device, which in use naturally rest on each side of the face of the horse, B the nose-band, pivoted to the levers by bolts 0, and O the overdraw-rings of the levers.

F are the overdraw-straps, which are attached to the overdraw-rings O of the levers, D the chin-strap, and cl the chin-strap rings.

E are the usual face-pieces of the bridle, formed from a single strap, passing under the brow-band and buckled to the upper part of the same, preferably to the crown-piece, and, passing down on either side of the face of the horse, are joined to the nose-band. By means of these face-pieces the governor maybe adjusted to its proper position on the horses nose, the upper portion of the face-pieces, as before mentioned, being buckled to the halter or bridle, so that it may be regulated as desired.

To hold the nose-band in its proper shape and also to make its pivoted relation to the levers. durable and strong, I place immediately below the leather portion 6 the metallic band f, which holds the same securely in shape, giving it a spring action, and the rivets or bolts 0, passing through the same, permit the levers to oscillate or turn upon the same, the nose-band being held in position by the face-pieces E and the swiveling action being entirely in the levers.

m is a rivet passing through the metallic strip and through the leather 6, so as to hold the leather portion of the nose-band in proper relation to the spring f. By this means there is no abrading or rubbing of the horses nose by the nose-band, a thing so common in devices of this character.

The nose-band is preferably lined with felt and chamois-skin, so as to present a soft surface to the horses nose.

' 'Just below the rings 0 is a spreader bar or rod h, joining the two levers and holding them firmly in their proper relation to each other.

Of course it will be understood that my overdraw or checkrein straps F may, after they pass over the head of the horse or through the crown-piece, meet in a common strap, or they may continue doublethat is, may be continued as individual straps, in the nature of an ordinary check.

The levers A of my device are substantially L-shaped or angular in form, the upper .portion being considerably longer from the pivot c, or about double the length of the lower portion, as will be apparent from the drawings, the said arrangement permitting a better leverage and control of the horse.

I have not described the portions of the bridle in connection with my invention, as I consider the same immaterial, my improvement being applicable to any of the bridles ordinarily used.

It will be apparent that the usual buckles for the overdraw, chin-rest, &c., will be employed for regulating the various parts of my device.

Having now fully described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a governor for horses, the combination with the nose -band thereof having a spring within the same, of angular levers pivotally connected to the nose-band, said connection being at and Within the angle of said levers, overdraw-rings on said levers for attachment to the overdraw or check, and chinstrap rings on the levers for attachment of the chin-strap, so that the pressure on the chinstrap and overdraw will be uniform.

2. In a governor for horses, the combinat1on with the angular levers thereof, of a nosein the presence of two Witnesses.

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